NC State offered Rockingham (N.C.) Richmond County standout Dakwa Nichols when he visited campus during the weekend of the annual Kay Yow Spring Game. Less than two weeks later, he pulled the trigger and the running back verbally committed to the Wolfpack.

"I'm very happy for him," prep coach Paul Hoggard said. "I think that's what he wanted to do, he had the opportunity to go where he wanted to go and he should be a great player for them."